Improved ceadle



SELDEN W. KNOWLES, QF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. Letters .Patent No. 66,361, dated July 2, 1867.

IMPROVED CRADLE.

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To ALL WHoM 1T MAY ooNonRN:

Beit known that I, SELDEN W. KNOWLES, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and State of Convneetieut, have invented a. new Improvement in Childs Cradle; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same, and which said drawings constitute part of Figure 1, a side view, and in Figure 2 an end view, andby diagrams in red and blue illustrating its operation.

This invention relates to an improvement in cradle and crib combined, and consists in the peculiar manner by which the rocking motion is given to the cradle, and also, in combination therewith, an arrangement'whereby Vin the accompanying drawings. i

A is a frame or platform, lSupported upon casters B or otherwise, so as to form a firm bea-ring` upon the door. C the body of the cradle, of any convenient form or construction. At or Vnear its two ends are attached the rocking-levers D and E', one end of each pivoted to the cradle at a, their other ends to the frame or platform A at d, crossing at the centre, as seen in fig. '2, but not so as to interfere with each other. When the cradle is rocked to the left as denoted in red, the lever D is depressed, while the lever E rises, as denoted in red,

g. 2.V On its return to the other side, as denoted in blue, the other lever E is depressed in its turn and the lever D rises as denoted in blue. ThusA continually rocking, 4the Alevers alternately rise and are depressed, giving to the cradle a vlonger and easier rock than is done by the common rocker, and dispensing with the long rockers, a recognized and admitted nuisance. To prevent the lateral movement of the cradle, ns well as to prevent the lateral strain upon the levers, I arrange at a convenient point (preferring the colita-0,) a lateral guide, G, in which is arranged a friction-rollj', attached by an arm, II, to the body of the cradle, which, as the body is rocked, moves up and down in the said guide, and prevents any lateral' or endwise movementl of the cradle. To hold the rockers and convertrthe cradle into a stationary crib, l' arrangeupon the frame A, and beneath the levers at one or both ends, a block, I, (see fig. 2,) which sets Aunder the centre of the levers so as to prevent their movement, and holds the cradlel'stationary. This block. is pivotcd to the frame A, so as to be turned from its position under the levers to one side, as denoted in red, and when so turned permits the free movement of the cradle, and thus by simply turning the block I, the cradle may be changed to a stationary crib, or vice versa, as the case may be.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-is g l. The arrangement of the levers D and E, pivoted to the cradle C and to the frame A, constructed and arranged so as to operate substantially in the manner herein set forth.

2. The arrangement of thev guide Gr, in combination with the cradle C, so as to prevent the lateral movement of the cradle, and operate substantially as herein set forth.

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3. The arrangement of'the block I, in combination with the cradic C and levers D and E, so as to operate as and for the purpose specified.

SELDEN W. KNO WLES.

Witnesses:

JonN H. SHUMWAY, A. J. TIBnITs. 

